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From: Bill Ghrist <ghristwd@pgh.net>
Subject: Re: Is there a language that Dijkstra liked? (was: Re: Software
 landmines (loops))
Date: 1998/10/26
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Brian Mueller wrote:
 
<snip>

> Damned straight, freakin ObjectADA that I got for school has got to be
> the slowest thing I've ever worked with, and it frequently
> crashes....very frequently.
> 

<snip>

> 
> Wish they would just teach me C, teach me GOOD C, teach me GREAT C,
> teach my how not to screw up C so I could write anything.  Anyone
> wonder why the object ADA compiler and GUI program is written in C?
> Because with a bit of extra work FASTER programs can be written in C
> that do the same thing that ADA will do.
> 

Hmmm; a little inconsistency here?  I haven't used ObjectAda, but I've
been using GNAT a little to teach myself Ada.  I haven't found that it
is particulary slow or that it crashes.  GNAT is written in Ada.  If you
are correct that ObjectAda is written in C, is slow, and crashes, what
does that say about which language can produce efficient error-free
code? 

Regards,
Bill Ghrist

P.S.  BTW, it's Ada, not ADA.  ADA is the Americans with Disabilities
Act.